As part of my work with the Internet Society on the Deploy360 Programme, I’ve wound up spending a good chunk of time learning the inner workings of WordPress due to the fact that WordPress powers our Deploy360 site. Given that…
Dec 02
Telefonica Shuts Down Jajah
TheNextWeb reported yesterday that Telefonica is shutting down the Jajah VoIP service that they acquired back in 2009 for a reported $207 million. While certainly disappointing for the users and presumably for some staff, it’s not entirely unexpected. In the…
Dec 02
Inspiring TED Video: Gratitude Leads To Happiness
In this holiday season, particularly for those of us in the U.S. around our Thanksgiving holiday, we talk a lot about "gratitude" and the importance of it. This year I stumbled upon this TED talk by monk and interfaith scholar David Steindl-Rast, "Want to be happy? Be grateful". The abstract is: The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you’re going, and above all, being grateful….
Dec 02
TDYR #052 – Cyber Monday: A Great Day To Buy DRM-free Ebooks At 50% Off At O’Reilly
Today is a great day to buy DRM-free ebooks on O’Reilly’s website from a great range of publishers (not just O’Reilly) at 50% off or more. This includes two of my books: “Migrating Applications to IPv6” and “Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Atta…
Dec 02
Cyber Monday Deal: 50% Off Ebook of Seven Deadliest UC Attacks
Would you like to purchase the ebook of "Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks" for 50% off? or maybe even 60% off? As I mentioned before, the folks at O’Reilly are now selling the ebook of 7 Deadliest UC Attacks and they have a promotion going on today: Save 50% on…
Dec 02
Cyber Monday: 50% (or More!) Off “Migrating Apps to IPv6″
Want to buy “Migrating Applications to IPv6” at a discount of 50% or more? Today being “Cyber Monday” the team at O’Reilly are offering an outstanding deal: Save 50% on all ebooks and videos at oreilly.com – and save over 60% if you purchase over $100. As I’ve mentioned in the past, buying direct from O’Reilly […]
Dec 02
FIR Cut – Asia Report for Episode #732
Due to technical issues, Michael Netzley’s Asia Report arrived too late to be included in episode 732 of The Hobson and Holtz Report, so we’re posting it as an FIR Cut.
Dec 02
FIR #732 – 12/2/13 – For Immediate Release
Two FIR Interviews posted, one more coming; two FIR Book reviews coming soon; episode 1 of “AllthingsIC with Rachel Miller” published; FIR Contest winners; Quick News: GE’s ‘3D Printing Day’, Typhoo Tea astroturfs Sainsbury’s, Twitter’s location prompt…
Nov 28
TDYR #051 – Happy (U.S.) Thanksgiving – My Favorite Holiday
TDYR #051 – Happy (U.S.) Thanksgiving – My Favorite Holiday by Dan York
Nov 27
The 30th Birthday of DNS! (Featured Blog)
As Ondřej Surý of CZ.NIC recently pointed out on the dns-operations list, it was 30 years ago this month, in November 1983, that two RFCs that defined what we now call the Domain Name System (DNS), RFC 882 and RFC 883, were published. They make for an interesting read today when you think about how far we’ve come in those 30 years — and now how absolutely critical DNS is as part of the Internet’s infrastructure. More…
